THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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“We are tired of not having a voice in the representative houses of Parliament that make laws we must abide by.”
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“Britain gets rich from making us buy the manufactured goods that they make with our raw materials.”
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“Britain is taxing all the goods that we import from them, even such necessities of paper and tea.”
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“The King has placed limits on our expansion, even though we fought and died to gain the territory past the Appalachian Mountains.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mercantilism was a popular economic philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries. In this system, the British colonies were moneymakers for the mother country. The British put restrictions on how their colonies spent their money so that they could control their economies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did many American colonists oppose the British system of mercantilism? It reduced their ability to make money and their freedom to trade with whoever they wanted.
Detailed explanation-3: -British Parliament responded forcefully. They passed a series of laws known as the Coercive Acts that were intended to punish protesting colonists, particularly in Boston.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did advocates of mercantilism feel about colonies? They opposed colonies as unjust and violations of natural rights.